Espanyol were left with nine men at Osasuna on Tuesday after
Coutinho and then Forlín were both sent off for second bookable
offences, the former for a dive and then standing too close to a free kick, and
the latter for two more traditional offences. On Wednesday Granada had Jaime
Romero sent off shortly before half time for giving away a penalty against
Athletic Bilbao, and on Thursday Málaga keeper Kameni got his marching
orders for the same reason, this time near the end of the match at Villarreal.
All will miss the weekend games together with Xabi Alonso, who made sure of his
availability for the weekend after's "clásico" by picking up his tenth
booking of the season, and with Rubén Castro (Betis), Duda
(Málaga), Pulido (Rayo), Jesús Navas (Sevilla) and Pinter
(Zaragoza), all of whom received their fifth. (13.04.12)

PS. Rubén Castro and Jesús Navas were both let off
their yellow cards by the disciplinary committee, and therefore will be able to
play this weekend. (14.04.12)